Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart

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c. When all is accomplished, he will restore the Kingdom to God and will become himself subject to the Father.

(1) The end of his messianic work

(2) The beginning of an infinity under the goodness and grace of God

H. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Rev. 19.6-21

1. The announcement of the Wedding Feast

a. The Church as Bride of the Lamb, 1 Cor. 11.2; Eph. 5.25ff

b. The union of God and his people as a wedding feast, Matt. 22.1-14; 25.1-13

2. Christus Victor

a. Christ the conqueror of the Antichrist and Satan

b. Powerful ancient symbols: blood-stained robe, white steed, accompanied by the armies of heaven, arrayed in white, the weapon of his Word: a sword proceeding from his mouth

c. The resolve and posture of a warrior

3. The judgment of the Beast, the binding of the Dragon, and the millennial reign of Christ, Rev. 20